Todd Heap and his family arrived in town days ago to enjoy some nostalgia and catch up with old friends heading into an extremely significant moment for the former Ravens star tight end.
Heap, 34, will be inducted into the Ravens' Ring of Honor on...

Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston checks in for an offseason edition of his Q&A, answering your questions about the Ravens.
You often talk about the watered-down level of the players because of the 32 teams that now operate in the NFL. what is the...

Former Ravens reserve quarterback Cullen Finnerty died from pneumonia triggered by swallowing his own vomit, according to an autopsy report published today by the Associated Press.
Finnerty was also diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease, chronic...

Baltimore’s homegrown all-time Olympic hero was willing to serve his golf apprenticeship in front of a cable television audience as part of the Golf Channel series “The Haney Project.” Now, Michael Phelps is ready to take his new avocation to another level.
Phelps has signed on to play in front of a national broadcast television audience in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship next month at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe, Nev. His commitment to play in...

Hearing the sad news Tuesday night that former Ravens reserve quarterback Cullen Finnerty had been found dead in a Michigan campground brought back a few memories.
It had admittedly been a long time since I had thought about Finnerty, a promising camp arm from Grand Valley State who was active for two games during the 2007 season when starter Kyle Boller had suffered a major concussion.
Finnerty had beaten extremely long odds to make it to the NFL as a former Division II All-American who went 51-4...

June 1, 2003: The Ravens' second offseason minicamp begins with coach Brian Billick touting the talents of quarterback Kyle Boller, the team's first-round draft pick. "There has been nothing so far through the eight practices that you go, 'Oh, boy, we missed on this,'" Billick says.
May 27, 1998: Despite a 420-foot home run by Mount St. Joseph's Mark Teixeira, which bounces off the top of a tree beyond the outfield fence, Calvert Hall wins its second straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic...

This afternoon I did a chat on our site about the Ravens and the NFL draft. Maybe the most popular question, besides ones about the situation at inside linebacker and the uncertainty along the offensive line, was about what it would take for the Ravens to trade up so they can draft one of the top left tackles or electric wide receiver Tavon Austin or some other highly-touted prospect who will be long gone by the time the Ravens pick.
We get these questions every spring, so I figured I would do a...

What is wrong with this town? I know there are tons of people out there in Baltimore who are as angry at what just happened to our Super Bowl team as I am, but where is their voice?
The word "fan" is short for "fanatic." Where are the fanatics who will speak up? I listen to the sports talk shows all the time. I hear caller after caller saying stupid stuff like, "I'm excited about the new guys they're going to bring in." And the line you always hear. "In Ozzie we trust." On the dollar bill it says In God...

The NFL will soon reveal which teams will be awarded compensatory picks for free agents lost last offseason.
The Ravens are expected to receive three or four compensatory picks -- likely four -- which would bring their number of picks for next month’s NFL draft to 12. That’s a lot of ammo for general manager Ozzie Newsome should the Ravens choose to move up, down and all around or acquire more picks for next year’s NFL draft.
Since the Ravens arrived in Baltimore in 1996, they have...